Newspaper clipping of obituary of Leon Albany (Barney) Bigard, Los Angeles, 1980
Item Overview
- Title
- Newspaper clipping of obituary of Leon Albany (Barney) Bigard, Los Angeles, 1980
- Creator
- Feather, Leonard, $d 1914-1994
- Date Created
- 1980
- Date
- 1980
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
- Barney Bigard was a well known jazz musician (composer and clarinetist) who played in Duke Ellington's orchestra and later with Louis Armstrong. He was born in New Orleans on March 3, 1906 and died from cancer related complications in Los Angeles on June 27th, 1980.
- Description
-
Newspaper article by Leonard Feather--most likely an obituary of Barney Bigard-- and entitled "Only 2 Bands in More than 2 Decades."
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 newspaper clipping : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Names
- Bigard, Barney
- Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- Sports
- Jazz musicians--United States
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
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YRLSC_gordonphotos_1002
Collection 1867 Box 6 Folder 4
1002 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025pxs2
- Manifest url
-
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted